Retired taximan, 80, grappled attacker with knife

After being slashed on the forehead with a knife an 80-year-old retired taximan, recovering from heart by-pass surgery, took on his attacker knocking him to the ground, a court heard.

Ian Murrihy, aged 26, of O’Callaghan Avenue, Kileely, Limerick, has pleaded not guilty at Limerick Circuit Court to a charge of attempting to rob Brendan Beacom.

Mr Beacom recalled that following heart surgery he went out for evening walks.